Ulmus 'Hamburg'

Ulmus 'Hamburg'

The hybrid cultivar 'Hamburg' was originally raised by the Plumfield Nurseries, Fremont, Nebraska, circa 1932, after its discovery by Mr. Lloyd Moffet in a bed of Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila seedlings from Tekamah. It was later marketed by Interstate Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa, in 1948, and claimed to be a hybrid of Ulmus americana and Ulmus pumila. However it is now considered more likely that Ulmus rubra was the American parent.